Christian Mickelsen came from humble beginnings. He grew up on welfare in the outskirts of Chicago and witnessed his parents fight a lot. Most of the fighting was about money and that caused endless fighting, some of which ended in slammed doors and dishes flung across the room.
This was quite a traumatic experience for a young child, but it instilled the desire in Christian to help people. He got into a pattern of helping because his mother used to come to him for comfort and advice. He wanted to help her all the time, and that grew into a deep desire to help others.
But Christian realized his desire for peace and to take other people’s pain away was really his own quest to take his own pain away. So he started studying personal growth in earnest when he was 12 years old. He remembers reading The Great Gatsby for school and learning about how Jay Gatsy had written a list of things to work on to improve himself.
Christian’s self-help journey has helped him create and grow a coaching empire that has made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies four years in a row. Most importantly, he’s the proud father of three beautiful girls, Nala, Zoey and Lily.
He’s now dedicated to helping other people release blocks and barriers that hold them back from getting what they want in life.